wi-fi is great isn't it it can deliver real world speeds of a gigabit or more
and lets you stream 4k and game to your heart's content
that is assuming your router's up to scratch you don't have a bunch of junk
in the way and your mom isn't causing network congestion binging say yes to
the dress again but what if we could go faster
i mean even though wi-fi speeds have increased dramatically over the past 20
years slow downs are still common for
all the reasons that we just outlined and this is where why gig could give us
a huge assist now let's get this out of the way first contrary to popular belief
why gig is not an informational campaign
about the benefits of hunting frogs but rather a new Wi-Fi standard that promises
speeds of over 40 gigabits per second
on one stream now this is theoretical maximums of
course and the first widespread y gig devices will probably have real world
speeds of seven to eight gigabits per second but like that is still a huge
improvement over current standards so how exactly then are they boosting
wi-fi performance several times over
well i'm glad you asked unlike traditional wi-fi which uses the 2.4
gigahertz and 5 gigahertz bands to transmit data y-gig uses the 60
gigahertz band meaning that its signals are much higher in frequency allowing
them to transmit more data per second remember how the jump from 2.4 to 5
gigahertz some years ago also sped things up quite a bit
unfortunately this also means that y gig
only works over ranges that are much shorter than traditional wi-fi you see
higher frequency radio waves are more easily attenuated by obstacles that is
to say they're blocked and you've probably seen this for yourself if
you've ever walked far away from your router and then switched between 2.4 and
5 gigahertz on your phone although 2.4 gigahertz is slower it also
works at a greater range so back to y gig then it operates at a
much higher frequency than even 5 gigahertz wi-fi which means that this
effect becomes very pronounced to the point where y-gig honestly is mostly
intended to connect gadgets within the same room
so that sounds kind of lame doesn't it why are we even bothering
because even though no one thinks that ygig is going to replace standard wi-fi
for most people it could eliminate the need for wires in situations where being
tethered down would be super annoying think about being able to cast a 4k
stream between devices without having to rely on a congested primary wi-fi
network or being able to use a vr headset without wondering if you're
gonna rip the cables out if you wander too far off in fact the wireless adapter
for the htc vive is already using ygig
technology but why git could also find usage
outside of this kind of super device specific communication many internet
service providers for example are now offering home internet packages of one
gigabit per second or even more and there is the possibility then that y gig
could make users more likely to actually hit those advertised speeds since nearly
every consumer pc sold in the last 20 years is limited to one gigabit wired
networking though it should be noted that this is finally changing with two
and a half five and ten gig taking off on the subject of taking off is why gig
gonna take off well it's actually been around for a
while under a slightly older standard that required clunkier equipment so it
hasn't gotten terribly popular yet but we've just started seeing the first
chips that support 802.11 a y the new
standard for y gig that offers more flexibility and better range over the
past few months so you might be able to find routers that support this new
version of y gig sometime this year if you're willing to pay the premium times
however many rooms you have in your house that you want to have why gig in
because yeah the range sucks
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